Imaging the delayed complications of childhood Kawasaki disease

Andrew Crean; Lee Benson; Ashish Shah; Kelly Han; John Lesser; Brian W McCrindle

doi:10.12688/f1000research.73097.1

Imaging the delayed complications of childhood Kawasaki disease

F1000Res. 2022 Feb 4:11:147. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.73097.1. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Andrew Crean¹, Lee Benson², Ashish Shah³, Kelly Han⁴, John Lesser⁵, Brian W McCrindle²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4W7, Canada.
² Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
³ Cardiology, St Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2H 2A6, Canada.
⁴ Cardiology, Children's Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, 55404, USA.
⁵ Cardiology, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, USA.

Abstract

This review will discuss the long-term complications of Kawasaki disease with a particular focus on imaging surveillance of the coronary arteries in adolescence and adult life. The relative advantages and disadvantages of each modality will be illustrated with practical examples, demonstrating that, in many cases, a multimodality imaging strategy may be required.

Keywords: CMR; IVUS; Kawasaki disease; OCT; PET; cardiac CT; cardiovascular magnetic resonance; intravascular ultrasound; optical coherence tomography; positron emission tomography.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Coronary Artery Disease*
Humans
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome* / complications
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome* / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods
Ultrasonography, Interventional / methods

Grants and funding

The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work.